The Supervisory Board nominated Louis du Preez as Commercial Director and Managing Director on 19 December 2017. He acted in such capacity until his appointment to the Management Board by the General Meeting on 20 April 2018. Louis du Preez was appointed for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 20 April 2018 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2022.
Effective 1 January 2019, the Supervisory Board designated Louis du Preez as CEO.
Louis du Preez obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Stellenbosch and went on to qualify as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1997 after completing his articles. He joined Jan S de Villiers and was appointed a partner of the firm in 1998. With the merger of Werksmans Attorneys in 2009, he became a member of the national executive committee of the combined firm and served as such until early 2017. While practising as an attorney, he advised clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters. He joined the Group as General Counsel in mid-2017.
Louis du Preez has served as a non-executive director of Pepkor Holdings Limited since January 2018. He currently continues to serve as a director of several other Group companies, including but not limited to Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited.
BCom, LLB
The Supervisory Board nominated Theodore de Klerk as Operational Director and Managing Director on 28 February 2018. He acted in such capacity until his appointment to the Management Board by the General Meeting on 20 April 2018. Theodore de Klerk was appointed for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 20 April 2018 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2022.
Effective 1 September 2019, the Supervisory Board designated Theodore de Klerk as CFO.
Theodore de Klerk completed his articles with Ernst & Young and worked for four years as a corporate tax consultant. He joined Murray & Roberts as financial director of its marine construction operation and spent five years with Gensec Investment Bank as part of its corporate finance advisory unit, focusing on mergers & acquisitions, capital raisings and related structuring functions. In 2003, he joined Steinhoff as a senior executive with responsibility for corporate advisory services and investor relations. In 2008 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group’s Southern African building materials retail division, a position he held until 2015.
Theodore de Klerk serves as a non-executive director of Pepkor Holdings Limited and IEP Group. He currently also continues to serve as a director of several other Group companies, including but not limited to Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited.
BCom (Hons), CTA, HDip (Tax), CFM
Moira Moses was appointed to the Supervisory Board on 20 April 2018, for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 20 April 2018 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2022.
Since 22 May 2020, Moira Moses has been the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board and the chairperson of the Nomination Committee.
She graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987 and completed a Management Advancement Programme at the Business School of the University of the Witwatersrand in 1995. She enjoyed a successful career in the motor industry holding the position of Managing Director of Land Rover, Volvo and Jaguar in Southern Africa from 2000 to 2004. Ms Moses was with Transnet Limited from 2005 to 2012 and held the position of Group Executive, Capital Projects. She has held a number of Non-Executive Board positions including Transnet Limited, Viamax (Pty) Ltd, Afrisam Group and MTN Group Limited. From 2007 to 2015 she served on the Board of the Public Investment Corporation, and from 2009 to 2018 at the Government Employees Pension Fund. She is currently on the Board of Kansai Plascon Africa Limited.
With effect from 29 October 2018, she was appointed as non-executive director of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited and is a member of the audit and risk committee of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited. Since 22 May 2020 Moira has been the chairperson of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited.
BA
Peter Wakkie was re-appointed to the Supervisory Board on 30 April 2021, for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 30 April 2021 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2023.
He is Deputy-Chairperson of the Supervisory Board and a member of the Litigation Working Group. He was also appointed as a member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee on 24 June 2021.
He earned a master’s degree in law from the University of Utrecht in 1972. He then joined the Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek specialising in mergers and acquisitions and corporate litigation and served as the firm’s Managing Partner from 1997 to 2001. He then became a founding partner of the firm Spinath & Wakkie B.V. in 2010 (renamed Wakkie & Perrick B.V.). He served as a member of the Executive Board of Royal Ahold N.V. from 2003 to 2009 where he also held the position of Chief Corporate Governance Counsel. He was heavily involved in Royal Ahold’s restructuring and divestment program and became chief architect of its corporate responsibility strategy. Peter Wakkie has held numerous roles on supervisory boards throughout his career. He was deputy chairman of the supervisory board of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. from 2009 to 2015 and chairman of the supervisory board of Wolters Kluwer N.V. until 2017. He also served as the chairman of the supervisory board of TomTom N.V. until April 2019.
He is currently chairman of the supervisory board of BCD Holdings N.V. Peter further serves as court appointed liquidator of ZED+ B.V.
LLM
Paul Copley was appointed as Supervisory Director on 30 August 2019, for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 30 August 2019 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2022.
He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, and the Litigation Working Group.
Paul Copley is a UK chartered accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner. He spent 20 years at PwC, working principally in Business Recovery Services, in both formal insolvency and restructuring roles. Most notably, he was appointed Joint Administrator of Lehman Brothers International (Europe), where he worked full-time from 2008 to 2014. Whilst at PwC, Paul was also Joint Receiver of OW Bunker, the world’s largest independent marine fuel distributor. Paul left PwC in 2016 to take up the role of CEO of Kaupthing ehf. He currently also serves as the Managing Director of Aldan Management and is Concurrent Administrator of Phones 4U Limited. In October 2019, he reprised his role as Joint Receiver of OW Bunker. Paul further serves on the board of Noble Group Holdings Limited as a non-executive director.BA Hons (English Language & Literature), Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), Insolvency Practitioner (JIEB)
Hugo Nelson was appointed to the Supervisory Board on 20 April 2018, for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 20 April 2018 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2022.
He is the chairperson of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
He was a medical doctor before earning an MBA from the University of Oxford. He is also a chartered financial analyst. He has a wealth of experience in the South African asset management industry. He joined Coronation Fund Managers Limited in 1999 as part of the investment team, initially as an Equity Analyst, then as Portfolio Manager, responsible for both institutional and retail assets. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at Coronation Fund Managers Limited from November 2007 to January 2013. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Coronation Asset Management Proprietary Ltd, as a Non-Executive Director of Namibia Asset Management Ltd. (from May 2008 to January 2013) and as a Director of Coronation Global Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited. He currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Coronation Fund Managers Limited, is the founding partner of Fortitudine Vincimus Capital Advisors (Pty) Ltd. He is also a trustee of the DG Murray Trust and a patron of George Whitefield College.
With effect from 30 August 2019, he was appointed as non-executive director of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited and is a member of the audit and risk committee of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited.
MBChB, MBA (Oxon), CFA
David Pauker was appointed as Supervisory Director on 30 August 2019, for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 30 August 2019 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2023.
He is a member of the Nomination Committee, the Litigation Working Group, and the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee.
David Pauker earned a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1981 and in 1984 he obtained a degree in law from the Columbia Law School. He spent 25 years at Goldin Associates, a turnaround and restructuring advisory firm based in New York, retiring in 2015 as the firm’s Executive Managing Director and practice leader. At Goldin, he was senior advisor to companies and institutional investors and oversaw independent investigations of corporate affairs. He has acted as C-suite officer for many companies undergoing reorganisation.
In 2016, he was appointed as Chief Restructuring Officer for Essar Steel Minnesota; the company emerged from bankruptcy and was reorganised as Mesabi Metallics. He has held numerous roles on boards throughout his career and is currently Chairman the Board of the Government Development Bank Debt Recovery Authority of Puerto Rico. He also serves on the boards of Lehman Brothers (post-reorganisation), Social Accountability International and the Residential Capital Trust.
With effect from 14 August 2019 David was appointed as non-executive director of Steinhoff International Holdings Proprietary Limited.
B.S. (Industrial and Labour Relations)
Alexandra Watson was appointed to the Supervisory Board on 20 April 2018, for a period that runs with effect from the conclusion of the AGM on 20 April 2018 until the close of the Company’s annual General Meeting to be held in 2022.
She is the chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee, and a member of the Nomination Committee.
She served as a Professor in the College of Accounting at the University of Cape Town until March 2018, where her area of expertise was financial reporting and other forms of corporate reporting. She is also a former Chairman of the Accounting Practices Committee (Technical Accounting Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) and is currently the Chairman of the South African Financial Reporting Investigations Panel. She was appointed chairman of Coronation Fund Managers Limited in August 2021. She is a director of WWF – SA, and until December 2019 she was a board member and vice-chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative, an Amsterdam-based organisation promoting understanding and communication of sustainability issues. On 1 July 2021 she joined the board of Petra Diamonds Limited as a non-executive director.
With effect from 29 October 2018, she was appointed as non-executive director of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited, and is currently the deputy chairperson of the board of the same company. She is also chairperson of the audit and risk committee of Steinhoff Investment Holdings Limited.
BCom (Hons), UCT, CA(SA)
